Tata Global Beverage’s
Eaglescliffe tea factory, home
to the Tetley brand, has
reduced waste removal
transport costs from one of
its production halls by 20%
by using a waste compactor.

Since Greenbank installed
the machine, skip collections
have been cut from once a
week to once or twice a
month, reducing transport
costs and carbon footprint.

Manufacturing engineer,
Mike Peacock, says: “Our
housekeeping has improved
significantly because the
mobile compactor is
enclosed, whereas a standard
waste skip is totally open.

Waste materials, especially tea
dust and light cardboard
packaging used to get blown
out of the skip creating
housekeeping issues.”
Greenbank installed a
mobile compactor, model
PCW20, to help the company
dispose of a mixture of waste
tea bags, cardboard cartons,
corrugated cardboard and
plastic film.